Farmers Defend Stockpiling Amid Australia's Fuel Crisis
Independent retailers struggle to get fuel from major suppliers, as farmers respond to soaring prices and lack of availability in rural Australia.
Farmers in rural Australia are defending their actions of stockpiling fuel, as the country grapples with a fuel crisis that has hit regional areas the hardest. Independent fuel retailers are struggling to obtain supplies from major distributors, leading farmers to take proactive steps to ensure they have the necessary diesel to keep their operations running.
Paul McCallum, a rural fuel distributor with Inland Petroleum, explains that at the start of the month, as fuel prices surged following the US and Israel's bombing of Iran, farmers began placing orders for larger quantities of diesel, requesting around 1.5 million litres from his company. McCallum says this was a
Source: The Guardian
